Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,122, Reuben Elliott, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Elliott, Reuben
N. 10,122
Elliott
B.L. 67531-160-55
Horner, Mary
(Former Widow)
CONTENTS

Ohio 13113
Reuben Elliott
of Reg 6 o in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Nyren of the Bryans commanded by Gen Morgan in the V o Militia time for 9 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May and sent to Wright 1833 Chillicothe Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $60.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep - 33 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo B Whiting Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 7
See letter to J. L. Taylor, July 17. 1839. Let to 3 rd Ad. H. Howland July 13. 1842.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th Sept 1840 to 4 th Sept 1841. Ag c notified July 23 rd 1842

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Ohio Cinc:
Mary Horner formerly, widow of Reuben Elliott,
who served in the Revolutionary Va
war, as a private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 4 th day of June 1857 and sent to
M rs Odell, Piketon, Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 159. Vol. 10
C. G. G.
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Act Mar 3/55
May 21/57
Mary Körner, former wid of Reuben Elliott, dec. Soldier
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Special William Odell Piketon Pike County
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State of Ohio Rip County
On the 17 th day October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Frederick Grimké president and James McElvane Samuel Swearingen and Isaac Cook associate judges of the court of Common pleas in and for the county of Rip aforesaid now in session, Richard Elliot a resident of the town town of Huntingdon and County aforesaid, aged seventy years, and who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and dots on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That in the Fall of 1780, he was  drafted  was  drafted  to  serve from Faggs County in the state of Virginia to serve a term of three months from the time of rendezvous, at which that he marched under Captain James Myers of Faggs County to Hillsborough in North Carolina, and there rendezvoused, and was attached to the brigade of the Brave and honorable Morgan, that from Hillsborough he moved to Campden  to  where they found about 1200 Tories and British officers, standing upon their defense in strong Blockhouses, that Morgan had no artillery, and but for an expedient he would have been defeated, he ordered some logs which had been stacked by some that had passed through the

the woods to be cut into lengths, corresponding, with that of field pieces; and mounted them upon the cart wheels in the imitation of Cannon upon their Carriages, and with six or eight of these pieces of American Artillery, approached the blockhouses, which upon which the foolish British officers and men mistaking them for real Guns, sent a flag to the approaching army tendering their surrender, that the after the terms of which words, marched out of the blockhouses and stacked their arms, and were taken into custody as prisoners of war and marched, to Charlottesville in North Carolina and from thence to Salisbury in the same state, where the said Elliot he remained for about three weeks when the term for which he was drafted expired - and he returned home
That after he had returned home about three months to the best of his recollection, he was again drafted from the same County to serve a term of three months from the time of rendering, that on the second day after he was drafted, he marched under the command of Captain Wynn of the same County, to Williamsburg in the state of Virginia and there joined the force under Col. Armistead Churchwell, that he lay there with the balance of the men under Churchwell's command, for the principal part of three months, when the British landing in force about six miles from Williamsburg at a place called the Grove, caused the Americans to retreat upon Manchester and Richmond, where he remained until the expiration of his term of service -
That from Richmond he returned home to Fauquier County in the state of Virginia, and in about six weeks afterwards as may

as he can recollect, was again drafted for the term of three months from June of Rundown , that on the second day after he was drafted he marched under the command of Captain James Wynn to York town in the State of Virginia, that he marched through Prince William and Fauquier Counties as he believes and encamped about one mile from the heights, on the first night after their arrival before the town, and the same night joined the main Army, and positioned between the and positioned on the same night in throwing up an intrenchment reaching from Potomac to James River about five miles in length, and within a quarter of a mile + distant from Yorktown, that the intrenchment was composed of Stones about eighteen feet in length, with alternate layers of sand, was about twelve feet broad at the base and from the bottom of the ditch which was twelve feet wide taken across to a height of about twelve feet or at least high enough to conceal and protect the passage of Waggons - that he says that he remained with the army until the surrender of the British under Cornwallis to the American Commanders in Chief, that from the time the first intrenchment was thrown from river to river, he worked in the intrenchments & they was they were successively pushed towards the town until the American works approached within twenty yards of the town place, that he was attached to in this expedition he was attached to the regiment of Col. Elias Edmonds and under the immediate command of the Gen l Lafayette, that at the time of the time Cornwallis at the time of the surrender the British were located blockaded by a force that stretched across the

across the bay, that after the surrender of the British he marched with the prisoners near Winchester west of Winchester in the state aforesaid, where his time expired and he returned home.
That in the year 1793 as he thinks he was again drafted from Fauquier County to serve in the Whiskey Insurrection that he marched under Captain O'Banion, and in Col. Lyon's Regiment, passed the big Crossings in the mountains and marched as far as a place called Buntline's farm and remained there about four days, when part of the force volunteered to remain and the balance had orders to return home, that Matthews & Morgan were the Generals in command.
Question by the Court - where and when were you born? Answer, in Prince William County in the year 1764.
Question, by Court, have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer My age was recorded in my father's family bible but my brother Peter and as I am informed lost it in removing to the state of Kentucky.
By the Court how were you called into service were you drafted were you a substitute or did you volunteer.
Answer I was drafted.
the J.

By the Court state the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your service,
Answer
I have stated to the best of my recollection in relation to the general circumstances of my service, as to the names of officers I remember nothing distinctly of any but Genl. Sweeney with the exception of those under whom I served and as to the numbers of regiments &c my memory entirely fails — By the Court Did you ever receive a discharge from the service of the state by whom was it given
Answer, I never received a discharge that I recollect at all but upon the expiration of my time had liberty to return home
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Witness
Francis G. Hill Ruben Elliot mark
Sworn to & subscribed in open court October 27 th 1887
Humphrey Fullerton Clerk

Rev. Pleasant Thurman A Clergyman residing in the town of Chillicothe and County of Ross in Francis Kyle residing in the township of Huntington and County aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Elliott who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to be a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Pleasant Thurman
Francis Kyle
Sworn to & subscribed in open court Oct 17 th 1832
Humphrey Ralston Clerk

In the matter of Reuben Elliott for a pension the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Pleasant Sherman who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the town of Chillicothe in the county of Ross and that Francis Rife who has also signed the same is a resident in Huntington Township in said county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio
Ross County ss. } I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Reuben Elliott for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 11 th day of December 1832 of this State the 31 st (Humphrey Fullerton Clerk)

State of Ohio County of Pike
On this 4th day of May 1857 personally appeared in open Court before the undersigned Judge of the Courts of Probate within and for the County and State of said Mary Homer a resident of Pike Township in the County of Pike and State of Ohio aged fifty six years of age who being first duly sworn according to law with an oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 3 February 1853, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of one Reuben Elliott who was a Private in the War of the Revolution. That her said husband as she truly believes at the time he went into said War, was a resident of the State of Virginia. That she thinks her husband held no office but was a private.
She further declares that her said husband at the time of his death was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty or sixty dollars per Annum, payable and paid at the Agency in Cincinnati Ohio, she cannot be certain as to the sum annually paid to him, nor can she give the names of the officers under whom her said husband served in said War. Nor can she state the act of Congress under which he was Pensionsed, but for proof of his said service she refers to the papers and evidence on file in the Pension Office under which he was Pensionsed. She further declares that she was married to the said
In Marriage Certificate at the Church of Ohio

Reuben Elliott Same time in the Months of May 1820 (Eighteen Hundred and Twenty) as well as she can state the time before Samuel Cole a justice of the Peace, that her said Marriage took place in the County of Ross in the State of Ohio, that her said husband died in the County of Ross in the State of Ohio in the Month of October 1841 (Eighteen Hundred & forty one) as well as she can state the time of his death, that she was not married to him prior to the 2 d of January Eighteen Hundred but that she was married to him at or about the time above stated.
She further declares that her name before her said Marriage was Mary Randle, that she does not know whether there is any official record of her said Marriage but if there is it will as she believes be hereto appended and to it she refers for proof of her said Marriage. She further declares that she is now a Widow She further declares that some time in the Months of January 1844 or 1845 as well as she can state the time she was married to one Willis Hornor who died in the Village of Jasper in the County of Pike and State of Ohio in about two years and two Months after she was married to him and that she is now a Widow and has been since the death of said Willis Hornor. She requests that the Certificate of Pension to which she may be entitled, be sent to William O'Call of Piketon Pike County Ohio who is hereby authorized to prosecute this claim with power of substitution. Mary her Hornor Mark

sworn to and subscribed before me on this day and your above written in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Piketon and I further certify that I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned as agent in its prosecution and that said Court is a court of record Wm Potter P. J. P. C. Ohio
I John Daniels Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Pike and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the proceedings had in said Court in said case In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal of said Court at Piketon this 4th day of May 1857 John Daniels Clerk P. C. P. C. Ohio
State of Ohio County of Pike ss
On this 4th day of May 1847 personally appeared before me in open Court Andrew Irwin and Margaret Irwin residents of the County of Pike and State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law Depose and say each of them that they were well and intimately acquainted with one Reuben Elliott and Mary Horn his widow who has made the foregoing declaration, that said Elliott was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty dollars per annum as well as they can state, and who died in the County of Pike in the State of Ohio in the fall of Eighteen hundred

and forty one or forty two, they further state that his widow Mary Horner who has made the foregoing declaration was Married in the Month of January 1844 or 1845 to one Willis Horner in Pike County Ohio, and that said Horner died in the County of Pike and State of Ohio in about two years and two Months after he was Married to the Widow of the of said Reuben Elliott.
They further depose and say that the of said Reuben Elliott and the of said declarant lived together as Man and wife and were reputed as such without question and these affiants truly believe they were legally Married They are unable to make the foregoing statements for the following reasons To wit, that they lived many years near Neighbors to the of said Reuben Elliott and his said wife for many years both in the Counties of Ross and Pike in the State of Ohio and were well and intimately acquainted with them and thus know they so lived together and that said Reuben Elliott died as stated by these affiants, that they also lived near Neighbors for years to the said Willis Horner and his said wife and know from intimate and personal acquaintance with him that he also died in February 1848, as the Book of accounts of one of these affiants
Andrew Irvine for dealing with said Horner show that for the same reasons they know that the said Mary Horner formerly Mary Elliott who has made the foregoing declaration is now a Widow and has been since the death of said Horner that she now resides in the same

Township in which these officers reside, and they thus know that she is without question a widow.
They further depose and say each of them that they have no interest in this claim and do not expect to be benefited by the result.
Andrew Irwin
Margaret Irwin Margaret Irwin
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that said Andrew and Margaret Irwin are credible witnesses who, verily stands without reproach, and is impeachable, that I am not concerned as agent in this claim and have no interest in it.
Wm Potter P.J.P.C. Ohio
State of Ohio Pike County ss.
I John Daniels Clerk of Probate Court within and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the proceedings had in this court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Piketon this 5th day of May A.D. 1857 John Daniels Clerk P.C. Ohio

The State of Ohio Pike County
} I William C. O'Brien Clerk of the court of common pleas within and for the county and state aforesaid hereby certify that Wm Potter whose genuine declarations & affidavit signature is affixed to the above acknowledgment, was at the time of signing the same was the judge of the court of Probate within and for the county and state aforesaid duly elected, commiss- ioned and qualified that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such judge.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this the 25th day of May A. D. 1855
William C. O'Brien Clerk By Isaac N. O'Brien Deputy

Marriage Records Ross County Ohio
Elliott The State of Ohio Ross County Reuben I hereby certify that on the 25 th To day of May I joined together in the Holy Reuben state of matrimony Reuben Elliott and Mary Mary Annshaw of lawful age Given May 25 th under my hand and seal this 25 th 1820 day of May 1820 Sam l Cole J.P. (Clerk)
The State of Ohio Ross County
I Samuel H. M c Gee of the Probate Court for the County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing Certificate of the Marriage of Reuben Elliott & Mary Annshaw is truly copied from the Record of Marriages in my Office
In attestation whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 13 th day of May 1857
Sam l H. M c Gee Probate Judge Ross Co. O.

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State of Illinois County of McLean ss on this 19 th day of March 1857 Before me the undersigned a Notary Public  Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County of McLean in the state of Illinois personally appeared Mary Horner aged fifty six years past a resident of the County of McLean in the State of Illinois, who made oath in due form of law that she is the Widow of one Willis Horner and late of the County of Pike and State of Ohio, that she is also the Widow of one Reuben Elliott who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty dollars or at the rate of sixty dollars per Annum. She is not certain which but believes it was sixty  thirty dollars per Annum. She further declares that in as much as the Pension Certificate of her deceased husband Reuben Elliott has been returned as she supposes to the Pension Depart- ment, that she cannot state under what act of Congress he was Pensions, but she states that his Pension Money was paid to him at the Pension Agency in Cincinnati Ohio, that her said husband Reuben Elliott went into the Revolutionary war from the State of Virginia, as she believes, For proof of his service, she refers to papers on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City D.C. upon which evidence her said husband was Pensions, she further states that her said husband as she believes held no office in the war of the Revolution but that he was a private soldier in said war She further states that she was married to the said Reuben Elliott in the Month of May 1820 as well as she can state by one Samuel Cole a Justice of the Peace in the County of Pike in the State of Ohio and that her name before her said marriage was

Mary Rinehart, that her said husband Reuben Elliott died in the County of Ross and State of Ohio some time in the Month of xx October in the year One Thousand And eight hundred and forty one as well as she can state that she was married to her second husband same time in the Month of January 1844 or 1845 as well as she can state the time, that her second husband died in about two years and two Months after she was married to him in the village of Jasper in the County of Pike and State of Ohio, and that her name before her said marriage to her second husband was Mary Elliott and that she is now a widow She further declares that she does not know of any public record of her said Marriage to said Elliott and that she has no private record of said Marriage that if there is any official record of her said Marriage proof of the fact as she believes will be hereto attached and to it or such other evidence as may be hereto attached, of said Marriage, she refers She further refers to proofs hereto attached for evidence of the deaths of her said husbands
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3 1855 She further declares that she never has received bounty land under any of Congress and has never before made application therefor and was not to her know- ledge entitled to Bounty Land prior to the act of 3 rd March 1855
She requests that the Warrants to which she may be entitled be sent to William Owen of Piketon Pike County Ohio
Mary her  x  mark  x

We xxxx John Lindley and xxxx George Kumble residents of the County of McLean and State of Illinois upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration of Mary Horns was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence, that we believe from her appearance and statements that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,
We further state that we have personally known her for xxxx five years, well and intimately, that residing during that time, near to her, we know that she is without question reputed as the widow of Reuben Elliott and of Willis Horns, both of whom are reputed as dead, that the said Mary Horns is known reputed and believed in this neighborhood as the widow Horns, and these affiants truly believe she is such widow, that she is a lady of truth and veracity, reputed in this community as such
They further declare upon their Oaths that they have no interest in this claim and would expect to be benefited benefited by the results
John Lindley x G. M. Dugdale x
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were known to and subscribed before me this day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution
Thomas F. Tipton Notary Public —

The said of Ohio County of Pike on this 27 day of April 1857 before the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State of said personally affirmed Robert Elliott Esq. Andrew Irvine and Margaret Irvine residents of the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law upon their Oaths, declare as follows, each of them personally and well the said Robert Elliott  Esq. that they were personally acquainted with one Reuben Elliott around late of this County of Pike and State of Ohio, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and died in Pike County Ohio in the year some time in A.D. 1841 as well as they can state that they were at his funeral, and that he was buried with the honors of War that they are unable to fix the time of his death from the age of the oldest child of their friend, who was at that time a sucking child, and is now years of age. They further declare that they have the intended in this claim
The said Andrew and Margaret Irvine further declare upon their Oaths, that they were well and intimately acquainted with the said Reuben Elliott and late of the County of Pike & State of Ohio and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that said Pensioner died in the County of Pike Ohio about the year 1841. That they were also acquainted with his his wife Mary who has made the foregoing declaration that she and said Reuben Elliott lived together as man and wife and were without question reputed as such, that his widow after his death married one William Harris, who died in the County of Pike State of Ohio some time in the year 1848
That after the death of said Harris his widow removed to the State of Illinois, that they are unable to make the further statement of facts from intimate acquaintance

with all of the of said Portus having lived several years near Neighbors to said Elliott and his said wife and having also lived near Neighbors to the said Willis Horner and his said wife widow as of said of Reuben Elliott from the time of their marriage to the death of said Horner  The said Andrew Irwin is further unabled to fix the time of the death of said Horner from his books containing charges or accounts against said Horner for work done by said Horner for him  They further declare that they have no interests in this claim.
Andrew Irwin x Margaret Irwin x (mark) x
The foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on this day and year above written, and I certify that said affidavits are credible persons, and that I have no interests in this claim and am not concerned as agents in its prosecution
Joseph Peniston J.P. —
Note see certificate of marriage and further proofs on secondary pages
In certificate of marriage at time of death of said Portus having lived several years near Neighbors to said Elliott and his said wife and having also lived near Neighbors to the said Willis Horner and his said wife widow as of said of Reuben Elliott from the time of their marriage to the death of said Horner

State of Ohio County of Pike ss
I William C O'Brien Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Pemberton whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing and succeeding affidavits was, at the date thereof and now is an acting justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly elected qualified and sworn that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Piketon this 16th day of May 1857
William C O'Brien Clerk of the court of Common Pleas Pike Co by J. N. O'Brien Deputy

The state of Ohio County of Pike on this 27th Day of April 1857 Before the undersigned a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid State aforesaid Robert Ennis and Amelia Ennis Residents of the county and State aforesaid who being Duly Sworn according to law upon their oaths declare as follows each of them that they were at the Burial of Ruben Elliott deceased late of the county of Ross and State of Ohio in the fall of 1842 that that said Elli- ott was represented to them as a revolutionary Soldier that he was Buried with the honors of war as such they further declare that they have no Interest in this claim
Robert Ennis
Amelia her Ennis
The foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed Before me on the Day and year above written and I certify that the affiants are credible persons and that I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned as agent in its prosecution
Joseph Peniston J P
Yours & Sir Munn unfitted Madd

Marriage Records Ross County Ohio
Elliott The State of Ohio } Reuben Ross County } to
I hereby certify that on the 25th day of May I joined together in the Holy State of Matrimony Reuben Elliott and Mary Renshaw of lawful age. Given under my hand and seal this 25 day of May 1820 Sam L. Cook J.D. (Seal)
The State of Ohio } Ross County }
I Samuel H. May Judge of the Probate Court for the County of Ross do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly and correctly copied from the Records of Marriages in my Office
In Attestation whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of May Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Seven
Sam H. May Probate Judge

August 24, 1935
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Reuben Elliott-W.10122 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. John W. Pope 303 N. Ewing Dallas, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you saw in either the Virginia Magazine or the William and Mary Quarterly, the following: William Elliott drawing pension from Virginia, moved to Kentucky, in 1833 was eighty-one years old; and Reuben Elliott drawing pension from Virginia, moved to Kentucky, later to Indiana, in 1833 was seventy-two years old.
You will please advise this office the county in Virginia in which William Elliott was living at the time he was drawing pension, and the county in Kentucky to which he later moved, An identification of Reuben Elliott
The record of Reuben Elliott which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10122, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Reuben Elliott found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The surname was searched under similar spellings.
Reuben Elliott was born in the year 1764 in Prince William County, Virginia, names of his parents not given.
While residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, he enlisted in the fall of 1780, served as a private in Captain James Wynn's company, marched to Hillsborough, North Carolina and there placed under General Morgan and marched to South Carolina, had an encounter with the British and Tories in which some prisoners were captured.

and taken to Salisbury, North Carolina, where Reuben Elliott was discharged, having served three months. He enlisted about three months later, served three months in Captain Wynn's company, Colonel Armstead Churchwell's Virginia regiment, and was stationed in Williamsburg, Virginia. He again served three months in Captain James Wynn's company, Colonel Elias Edmunds' Virginia regiment, and was in the siege of Yorktown.
He was also in the "Whiskey Boy Expedition" under Captain O'Banyon and Colonel Lane, length of this service not stated.
Reuben Elliott was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, then a resident of Huntingdon Township, Ross County, Ohio.
He married May 25, 1820 in Ross County, Ohio, Mary Renshaw. He died in October, 1841 in said Ross County. His widow, Mary, married in January 1844 or 1845, Willis Horner who died in February, 1848 in Jasper, Pike County, Ohio. The widow moved after the death of her second husband to the state of Illinois, on March 19, 1857 she stated that she was living in McLean County, Illinois.
She was allowed pension on account of the service of her husband, Reuben Elliott, in the Revolutionary War, on her application executed May 4, 1857, then aged fifty-six years, and stated that she was living in Ross County, Ohio.
There is no reference to children. It is stated that the soldier had a brother, William Elliott.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N. 4. 10122
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Reuben Elliot a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall of 1780 3 mos. Pvt. James Wynn Va.   3 mos later 3 mos. Wynn Armstead Churchill   6 mos later 3 mos. James Wynn Elias Edmunds  
* He was also in Whiskey boy expedition under O'Banion and Col. Lane.
Battles engaged in, siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fauquier Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 7. 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Huntingdon Twp. Ross Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, born in Prince William Co. Va. in 1764.
Remarks: (died in Ross Co. Ohio Oct. 1841)
He was in Ross Co. Ohio May 25. 1830 Mary Renshaw. She married Jan. 1844 or 1845 Willis Horner who died in village of Jasper, Pike Co. Ohio Feb. 1848. She was al. pens. on account of the services of Reuben Elliot on an app. ex. May 4. 1837 while a resident of Pike Co. Ohio aged 36 years. In 1857 she had moved to Mt. Glean Co. Ill.
Respectfully,
Brother Williams
6-2856
Commissioner.
* Whiskey exp. was in 1794 So I have not put 1793 as soldier alleged.

Dallas Texas -
Aug. 12 th 1935-
The Veterans Administration Washington D. C. -
Gentlemen:
Thru either the Va. Mag. or the Wm - Mary Quarterly I note the following
✓ William Elliott drawing pension from Va. moved to Ky - in 1833 was 81 yrs.
✓ Stephen Elliott drawing pension from Va moved to Ky - later to Ind. In 1833 he was 72 years old" -
Do you have record in 1833 of the two above mentioned names?
An early reply will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely
Carrie Sanders Pope
(Mrs. John) -
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1805 Lake Street, Dayton, Ohio. May 11, 1914.
Commissioners of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I will be much obliged if you will send me the revolutionary record of the following Virginia soldiers who were receiving revolutionary pensions at the time of their death in 1905: John Gafford, Peter Gafford, John Gafford, Jr., John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford, John Gafford.
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1805 Rose Street,
Berkeley, Cal.
May, 11, 1914.
Commissioners of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I will be much obliged if you will send me the Revolutionary record of the following Virginia militia-men who were receiving Revolutionary pensions at the places after their names in 1835:
John Elliott, Pittsylvania County, age in 1835, 86.
Reuben Elliott, Ross County, Ohio, age 72 in 1835.
George O'Neal, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Yours truly,
James L. Clarke.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Reuben Elliott =
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Winchester, Loudoun Co. Va.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio =
Date of death (as near as possible):
He has been dead about 53 years.
Christian name of widow:
We do not know.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He received a pension =
Remarks:
He fought under Gen. Washington several years.
JAN 9 1902
Your name and address:
Miss Minnie Tarrant
Wilmington
Clinton County
Ohio =

R. E. DOAN & COMPANY,
ROBERT E. DOAN, LATE REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM OHIO. ROOMS Nos. 33, 34, 35, AND 36, WASHINGTON SAVINGS BANK BUILDING.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
PRACTICE IN ALL STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS.
PROMPT AND PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS BEFORE CONGRESS, THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMS, THE SUPREME COURT, AND BANKRUPT CASES.
Gov. N. Clay Evans Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Washington. D. C., Jan 8, 1902
My dear Gov-
One of the best ladies I know of in Ohio, is Miss Minnie Farren of my city and home Wilmington. She desires to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
To do this she must show that Reuben Elliott was a revolutionary soldier. I wish you would kindly give me this information for her. I enclose a memorandum she sent me as a guide in the matter. Thanking you in advance for this kindness, I remain as ever Respectfully yours R. E. Doan

Jan'y-13-1902 Minnie Aaron Wilmington Ohio
1914 May 19 First to James L. Clarke. V.L.H. 1935-Aug 24-2nd to Mrs. J. ...
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
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Mary Thorne
for each Wid
Reuben Elliott
Print Rev. War
Act: Feby 3 d 1863
Index:—Vol. A , Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 6.750
Mary Horner, formerly the widow of Reuben Elliott
Pike Co. Ohio
Admitted, Act Feb'y 3. 1853 at rate of $30 per Annum, commencing at date of said Act.
Husband was a private of months Stanley
Pay widow.
Certificate to Wm Odell Esq. Piketon, Ohio

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Millicent Ohio 9 July 1839
Sir,
Reuben Elliott of Pike County, Ohio, formerly of the State of Pennsylvania, a very infirm and aged soldier of the Revolution, has requested me to inquire whether he can procure, upon the papers showing his services, and heretofore filed in the War Office, an increase of his Pension ? He obtains $30 per. ann. by virtue of his Pension Cert. & the Law of 7 th June 1832; the Cert. is dated 13 th May 1833. He informs me that he served two years , & belonged to the Virg a line or to the Militia. His papers in the War Office will show in what capacity he served.
Will you please state to me whether he can obtain any increase of his Pension ? I oblige, yr. Obedt. Servt.
J. L. Taylor
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 14 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Reuben Elliott, _____
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio _____ Agency, at the rate of Thirty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1841—
Respectfully yours,
William L. Harris
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Brief in the case of Mary Horner, formerly the widow of Reuben Elliott
Pike — County and State of Ohio — act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832, at rate of $30 per annum and was paid to 1 st September 1842, as per 3 rd Auditor's certificate
Marriage proved by transcript from County Court Records.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death of the pensioner and claimant's second husband, her present widowhood and identity—proved by several credible witnesses
Allowance accordingly
Jms Odell Ennis Piketon, Ohio Name and residence of Agent
Examining Clerk.

Mr. 537
Coacere

Piketon Ohio
May 26th 1857
To Compt Pensions
Herewith I send you the application of Mrs Mary Morris Widow of Reuben Ellard and who was Revolutionary Pensioner for a Pension under act of 3 July 1853
I am Very Respectfully Yours William Quinn

Reuben Elliott
$30
Mr. Crighton
properly attached to the certificate.
Then under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being inserted under the seal of office of the certifying officer, by a piece of paper or a piece of tape, the seal of which must contain on the same sheet of paper which contains the certificate, or other paper, undetachable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said officer has hereunto set his hand and seal.
THE foregoing must be countersigned by the proper officer, under the seal of office.
For the said officer must be satisfied of the propriety of the certificate, and the official stamp of said officer.
as to the amount, company, and time to which he belongs. The certificate also must contain
the time of the claimant making the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as must have been entered by the company, and must be endorsed by the captain of the ship.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the ship, and the
GREEN 217. Proof of Service.
applicant, and all such documentary evidence as is required.
the beneficiary and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "when given" is not
and the particular ship he left, as the law directs the beneficiary to be paid according to the length of
is so important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the beneficiary is

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Reuben Elliott which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yn
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yn
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [Handwritten line]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yn
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yn
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yn
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yn
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yn
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yn

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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P. Skane Place May 16th/57
Dear Parsons
I send herewith the declaration of Mary Horns Widow of Reuben Elliott, and who was a Resolute array Pension for Barntiz land under act 3 rd March 1855
I am very Respectfully Yours &c
William Dull

3 d Auditor's Office June 3/57
Sir:
Reuben Elliott, Cincinnati, Ohio, act June 7. 1832, at $30 per annum, appears to have been paid to Sept. 4. 1842.
Very Resp y M c G o vernour Auditor
W m C. Whiting Esq. Comm r s of Pensions
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3 d Auditor's Office June 2, 1857. The 3 d Auditor's Office, with the Oath of Death of within named Pensioner and name of his widow, of the decision assent Very respectfully, Yours etc. Servant J. C. Hale Chief Clerk

Personally appeared in Open Court before the Honourable Frederick Gruber President, and James McElkinick Isaac Cook and Isaac M c eachan associate Judges of the Court, of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ross in the state of Ohio Reuben Elliot being the same Reuben Elliot, named in the Annexed general declaration, and by way of further declaration to that made by him on the 17 th day of October 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 and made oath that he has no documentary Evidence of the services performed by him in his aforesaid declaration mentioned nor can he procure the testimony of any living Witness to the same or any part thereof
his. Reuben Elliot marks
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court March 18 th 1833
attest Humphrey Fullerton Clerk
The further declaration of Reuben Elliot for a pension was sworn to in open court at March Term 1833 and ordered by the Court to be certified
The State of Ohio } Ross County ss } I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the further

proceedings in the matter of Reuben Elliot for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 9 th day of April A D 1833 & of this state the 31 st Humphrey Fullerton Clerk
Ad March 18 th 1833
by a